WordReference English-Swedish Dictionary © 2025:
| Huvudsakliga översättningar |
| refrain⇒ vi | (choose not to) | avstå vitr |
| | (vardagligt) | låta bli vitr partikel |
| | Tom could hardly resist the urge to reach out and take one of the plump, shiny apples, but in the end, he refrained. |
| refrain from [sth] vi + prep | (avoid, abstain from) | avstå från vitr + prep |
| | (vardaglig) | låta bli vitr partikel |
| | | avhålla sig vitr + refl |
| | Kindly refrain from such behaviour in the future. |
| refrain from doing [sth] v expr | (avoid doing) (vardaglig) | låta bli att göra ngt vbal uttr |
| | | avhålla sig vitr + refl |
| | Please refrain from talking in the library. |
| refrain n | (chorus of song) | refräng s |
| | Judith was humming a familiar sounding refrain. |
| refrain n | figurative (phrase used repeatedly) (bildligt) | refräng s |
| | (bildligt, vardagligt) | samma gamla visa uttr |
| | Then Patrick's father struck up the old familiar refrain: "Why don't you get a job? When I was your age, I was putting in a twelve-hour day in the factory." |